One of my fellow writers grew up in Great Falls, Montana, a city about 140 miles from the Rocky Mountain Front. Contrary to Chicago’s claim, Great Falls is one of the windiest city in the US, with average speeds above thirty miles an hour. (The actual windiest city in Montana … Read More
Cover Release: Love on the Wind
Love on the Wind by Casey Dawes Mountain Vines Publishing Releasing on October 12, 2016 All Becky wanted to do when she was growing up was to get out of Hardin, Montana, a small town with a conservative bent close to the Battle of the Little Big Horn National Monument. … Read More
Settings of Romance Novels
Yesterday, I started my new story, tentatively titled, Montana Christmas Miracle. The hero, Logan, comes to Montana to visit his uncle. The heroine, Julie, is the assistant in the sweet shop in Sweet Montana Christmas. How important are the settings of romance novels? These two people play their story against … Read More
Chocolate + Firetruck = Christmas Romance
One of the questions authors get frequently asked is … “Where do you get your ideas?” It’s not a question only aspiring authors ask–it comes from curious readers. They want to know what sparked the idea–anything in real life? If they did the same thing, could they find their true … Read More
Snow for Christmas Romance
Winter has hit Montana with a vengeance. It is cold here … really cold. There’s a patch of ice on a bush outside my living room window that’s been about the same size for about four days now. Every morning hoarfrost limes the bushes and lower tree branches across the … Read More
Cover Reveal: Sweet Montana Christmas
Sweet Montana Christmas releases December 14, 2015! Sue Anne Devereaux escaped the stifling society of Sugar Land, Texas for the big sky of Missoula, Montana and fell in love with the state. Investing her father’s trust fund in Sweets Montana, she intends to become the best chocolatier in the state. … Read More
Holiday Wedding by Robyn Neeley
Holiday Wedding by Robyn Neeley A Christmas Romance from Crimson Romance Released: 12/8/2014 Blurb Going home for Christmas this winter just might turn Drew Cannon into a real Grinch. When his college sweetheart, Lauren Kincaid, broke off their engagement a year ago, Drew retreated to Tokyo to run … Read More
Montana Christmas Romance
Montana Christmas Romance: A Collection of Heartwarming Holiday Stories Authors: Casey Dawes, Danica Winters, R.L. Syme, Clare Tallier, Melissa Tenley, H.A. Somerled, Jade Barnaby Blurb Take a trip to Montana with this collection of seven heartwarming Christmas romances by award-winning and best-selling authors who call Montana home. This collection of … Read More